DM wrote:

Her *primary* concern is that an airliner might come to a complete
stop over a populated area, and then having done so, fall straight
down and kill her. Statements like "it was quite disturbing", "No
fun", "I've been very concerned", "this bothered me", "the crash would
have been extraordinarily disastrous", and "I'd like to be reassured
this is not a common occurrence" make it very clear where she's coming
from, and she's not coming from "I'm curious about this optical
illusion" frame of mind.

Pete

ouch, knew I shouldn't have check back here. Pete, sweetie, you're
overparsing my words. I wasn't running in a panic, I was just trying to
get an explanation for what I saw. At the moment I was trying every
which way to come up with the easy one so I could just shrug the whole
thing off. I couldn't, and spent several hours researching on the Web
before I finally decided to come here. I respect the professional views
provided, and I'm pretty much over it. I love planes, I love to fly, I
don't wear tinfoil hats. Peace out.

Debbie

Debbie,
I had a feeling that Pete was overreacting, and I'm glad that you
found the time to respond and clarify your frame of mind. Yes, in fact
I think that most folks on this group are VERY glad that you politely
asked a good question about aviation in one of the most appropriate
newsgroups there are about the subject.

Please don't let some people's overreactions turn you off from this
generally friendly but sometimes rowdy bunch. If you have any more
questions about aviation, or if you just want to learn more about this
whole miraculous invention of flight, I invite you to follow us for a
while, tune out the negative comments, and join the conversation once
again! Who knows, maybe we can convince you that everyone owes it to
themselves to take an introductory flight if they haven't already done
so. If you love planes and you love to fly, you definitely should. A
good spot to start is www.beapilot.com

I hope you join us for a little while longer!

-Aviv